Ships

Sailing ships are especially beautiful, but any ship will do. As long as they are pictured from a special location some 10 miles north of Copenhagen along the Øresund. It is called Charlottenlund Fort, since it used to be a military installation with cannons, but today it is a wonderful park with a narrow beach and a large green lawn. This in combination with the blue sea makes a fantastic place to depict the many moving ships.

First I want to start with, what Celia called: Before-After

First you get the raw shots, although they are downgraded to HD-format, eg. 1.920x1.080, so they will fit nice into a fullHDTv:

Before
After color level reduction

Before
After color reduction

So - what do you think?

There are many other possibilities, for once I would like to retain the blue sky, although it was rather grey. The water should reflect the color of the sky, since water isn't blue, it is neutral and just reflects the color of the sky at the moment, you shoot your photo.

Personally I like the raw photos the best, but I acknowledge, that the details of the ships come out better with the added contrast.